Hi Andy Thanks for your response. >> I have a great offer on my nikon, but I am not selling till I can find out more about the new machine.
Nice try! ;-) >>The down side is that if you have bulk, the minolta does not have a 50 slide bulk loader, but other wise the specs do look impressive. Yeah, also need a holder for my Xpan and It looks like one isn't available (yet). >>My thought was simply that this new machine must benefit enormously from the 3 years technology gap between it's launch and the launch of the nikon 4000 in 1999/2000 or whenever it hit the street. Does >>that make sense? Perfect sense, same rationale which is prompting me to look at Minolta. I'm a creature of habit and tend to stick to products I've had experience with, quite often I've found though, it's the underdog that is much better value because they're trying to gain market share versus trading on status as a dominant player. It doesn't always hold true but is something that I have noticed. >>The N is a great machine, but my best guess is that the Minolta must be woirth a punt at 600 GBP (inc VAt _ Jessops price) No doubt about it but I always try and buy the best spec I can afford to try and make it as future proof as possible. >>If you find a review let me know! Certainly will. Cheers Alex =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
